MazaJ Festival 2010

Festival Events

Festival Artists

Festival Credits

 



 

Main Events

 

Volatile Frequencies Conference
Thu 18 November from 9.30am at City University London, London

 

Volatile Frequencies Concert
Thu 18 November from 7.00pm at City University London, London

 

MazaJ Salon –
Recalibrating the Noise: is there a middle eastern sound art?

Sat 20 November from 5.30pm at Café Oto, London

 

Evening Concert at Café Oto
Sat 20 November from 8.00pm at Café Oto, London

 

Evening Concert at Café Oto
Sun 21 November from 7:00pm at Café Oto, London

 

 

Booking Information

 

Volatile Frequencies Conference: Free (Students) or £15 (inc. evening concert)

 

Volatile Frequencies Concert: £5

 

2 day MazaJ Festival pass:
£22 adv. only

 

Saturday MazaJ Salon: £5

 

Saturday MazaJ Concert:
£10 adv/£12 on the door

 

Sunday MazaJ Concert:
£10 adv/£12 on the door

 

 

Produced by

 

SAM (Sound and Music)
Zenith Foundation

 

 

Curated by

 

Zenith Foundation

 

 

Venue Partners

 

Cafe Oto
City University

 

 

Media Partner

 

The Wire

 

 

Supported by

 

LCACE (London Centre for Arts and Cultural Exchange)

 

Arts Council England

 

 

MazaJ Festival
 
 

MazaJ Festival | 1st edition

    Recalibrating Middle Eastern sonic cultures

 
Thursday 18 – Sunday 21 November 2010
 
MazaJ (meaning mood in Arabic) is a place of free expression, of attunement that presents sonic experimentation from the Middle East and its diaspora.
 
The first edition of the MazaJ Festival was a celebration of contemporary and experimental Arabic music and Middle Eastern sonic culture, which took place in London. Curated by artist Seth Ayyaz, MazaJ encouraged audiences to look beyond the ‘world music’ label by stripping bare the stereotypes of ‘Arabic’ or ‘Middle Eastern’ music. Forging links between UK and Middle Eastern artists and audiences, the festival took the form of a one-day conference and concert at City University London, a Resonance FM broadcast, and a weekend of talks and performances at Café Oto.
 
The festival featured work from a selection of contemporary composers, live musicians, leading electronic producers and sound installation artists from the Middle East and its resonant diasporas. These artists are linked by their sonic experimentation within and without a tradition of Middle Eastern musical practice in which improvisation has always played a key role.
 
The Volatile Frequencies Conference at City University London was intended to provide a critical framework for the weekend and on the Saturday, media partners The Wire also hosted a panel discussion between festival artists and invited speakers to contextualise the artists’ work.
 
Artists performing at MazaJ included:
Seth Ayyaz (UK), Mazen Kerbaj (Lebanon), Hassan Khan (Egypt), Mutamassik (Egypt / USA), Mahmoud Refat (Egypt), Sharif Sehnaoui (Lebanon), Michael Zerang (USA)
 
Speakers at the Volatile Frequencies conference included:
Keynotes: John Hutnyk, Thomas Burkhalter, Kay Dickinson
 
 

Co-Produced by:
Sound and Music
 
Zenith Foundation
 
 
Supported by:
The Wire
 
City University
 
LCACE
 
Cafe Oto
 
Arts Council England
 
 
 
 
 
Short overview of the MazaJ Festival:

 
 

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